Encouragement

Tips on Coping with Pain

Ballet dancer Deborah Novak shares some personal tips on how to steer through muscle pain and find beauty in the day-to-day.

50 Things to Like About Aging

By Ashley Lateef1 min read

Seniors share the reasons why getting older is better.

A group of diverse senior friends hiking in the woods.

9 Simple Ways to Make Friends

By Therese Borchard5 min read

Follow these practical tips to connect with new people and groups.

Continue doing the loving work you do with these caregiving tips.

5 Ways to Stay Positive as a Caregiver

By Therese Borchard4 min read

Continue doing the loving work you do with these caregiving tips.

Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree Marian Anderson

Guideposts Classics: Marian Anderson on the Power of Faith

By Marian Anderson6 min read

In this story from March 1954, contralto Marian Anderson shares how she came to doubt her great gifts as a singer, only to see her love for music restored by prayer.

You Decluttered… Now What?

By Roberta Messner3 min read

Try these 13 tips to stay clutter-free.

5 Ways to Declutter Your Home with Joy

By Roberta Messner4 min read

Author Roberta Messner shares some of the discoveries she made while clearing out her space

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

10 Inspiring Quotes from Poet Mary Oliver

By Carolina Pichardo2 min read

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver passed away at the age of 83 on January 17, 2019. Guideposts honors her work with some of her best poetry quotes and sayings.